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Straterra participates actively in public consultation processes on policy, legislation, regulation, and strategy, on behalf of, and in consultation with the NZ minerals sector.

Straterra has developed a position on the principal issues of interest and concern to the NZ minerals sector. This work forms the basis for improvements we are seeking in policy, which we see as necessary to improving New Zealand’s attractiveness for investment.

Straterra acknowledges the global imperative of reducing
carbon emissions but believes New Zealand must act in
concert with global progress so that we retain our
competitiveness and avoid carbon leakage.

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Govt's head in (iron) sand over mining ban

*The NZ Herald - January 2019*
The great Greek historian Thucydides had a dim view of
politicians. In the fifth century B.C. he wrote: “Some
legislators only wish to vengeance against a
particular enemy . . . They devote very little time on the
consideration of...

Blackwater Gold Mine Permit a Welcome Boost for West Coast

Straterra, New Zealand’s minerals sector industry
organisation, has welcomed the decision from
government agency New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals to
grant Tasman Mining a mining permit for the
high-grade Blackwater gold deposit near Reefton.
“There is still much work to be done to establish the
Blackwater prospect as...

Why mining must play a part in New Zealand’s future

*Hauraki Straterra letter - Waihi Leader Sept 2018*
Forest & Bird head Kevin Hague recently came out with some
advice for West Coasters, pretty well advising them to give
up on mining, claiming “a thriving West Coast economy in
the future has to embrace...